Scotland South Division Two lifeboats capsize and right A DANISH CARGO VESSEL, Lone Diinia, in distress six miles north west of Skerryvore Lighthouse was reported by HM Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Barra Island lifeboat station at...
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Trapped in mud TWO YOUNG GIRLS, Mandy Warren and Katie Flowers, were walking near Benarth Point on Conwy Estuary on Saturday morning, January 19, when, at about 0915, they heard shouts for help in the distance and shots being fired. They ran...
Fat-free cheque The Exmouth branch received a cash boost of £2,000 from the nationwide slimming club organisation 'Slimmer'.
The organisation's central administration office is in Exmouth and when funds... - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 7TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. An aeroplane had crashed into the sea off Langness Point, but no trace of her could be found. - Rewards, £30 3s.
(See Port St. Mary, “ Services by Shoreboats,” 1941. page...
MAY 13TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY, AND PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A pilot was reported to have baled out from a British aeroplane about eleven miles in a north-westerly direction from Porthdinllaen Point, but nothing was...
At 3.15 p.m. on ist February, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had a patient on Inishere Island suffering from acute appendicitis, who required immediate hospital treatment, and that no other suitable boat was...
Exmouth, Devon - At 2.40 a.m. on igth May, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was lying injured at the foot of the cliffs between Otter and Brandy Head, near Budleigh Salterton, and he could not be reached from the...
JANUARY 26TH. -NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An explosion had been heard but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £14 4s..
MARCH 8TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE.
At 2.30 in the afternoon the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take to Oban a young girl who was ill with appendicitis and in a critical condition. The motor...